Intel Solid State Hard Drives (SSD) vs. SATA
Why Solid
State Drives?
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No moving parts, nothing to wear
out
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Silent
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Faster boot time
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Faster application loading
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Faster drive access time
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Shock resistant
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16% overall system
performance increase
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1.2 Million hour life (MTBF)
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What are
Solid State Drives?
 Intel® Solid-State Drives (Intel®
SSDs) represent a revolutionary breakthrough that delivers a giant
leap in storage performance. Intel Solid-State Drives are designed
to satisfy the most demanding business professional, media creators, and technology
enthusiasts. These new drives bring a high level of performance and
reliability to desktop and notebook PC storage, at a fraction of the
cost of the previous generation of Intel® SSD products. |
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Wait Less--Do More
Why wait for a traditional hard disk drive to spin
up? Unlike traditional hard disk drives, Intel solid-state drives
have no moving parts, resulting in a quiet, cool, highly rugged
storage solution that also offers faster system responsiveness. SSDs
offer instant access to the drive which means that computer boot
time is dramatically reduced.
And
for laptop PCs, the lower power needs of Intel SSDs translate to
longer battery life and lighter notebooks. Higher performance with
more durability means you can be truly mobile with confidence. |
Better by Design
 Drawing from decades of memory engineering
experience, and now on new, industry-leading compute-quality 34nm
NAND flash memory manufacturing processes, Intel® Mainstream SATA
Solid-State Drives are designed to deliver
outstanding performance, featuring the latest-generation native
SATA interface with an advanced architecture employing 10 parallel
NAND flash channels equipped with multi-level cell NAND flash
memory.
With powerful Native Command Queuing to enable up to
32 concurrent operations, Intel Mainstream SATA SSDs deliver higher
input/output per second and throughput performance than other SSDs
on the market today - and drastically outperform traditional hard
disk drives. These drives also feature low write amplification and a
unique wear-leveling design for higher reliability, meaning Intel
drives not only perform better - they last longer with a 1.2
million hour life expectancy!
Install Applications Faster
Install an Intel® High-Performance SATA Solid-State
Drive and reduce the time it takes for your new applications to
install. Get up to 40% improvement with Intel® High-Performance SATA
Solid-State Drives, on application installation when compared to
traditional hard drives:
Microsoft Office 2007 Pro
Installation:
(lower is better)
Overall system performance
16% higher:
(source: SysMark 2007 benchmark)
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